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@§*/~.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.~/*§@
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
#@@§*/~.¨¨ ¨¨.~/*§@@#
##@@§*/~.¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨.~/*§@@##
#@@§*/~.¨¨ ####¨~~ fermi's paradox ~~¨#### ¨¨.~/*§@@#
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
@§*/~.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.~/*§@
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ on earth (the planet where i live) a ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
#@@§*/~.¨¨ lot of us have antennas on our houses ¨¨.~/*§@@#
##@@§*/~.¨ or balconies, we have built large ¨.~/*§@@##
#@@§*/~.¨¨ antennas for larger bandwith, we have ¨¨.~/*§@@#
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ build specialized antennaes for ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
@§*/~.¨¨¨¨ specific wavelengths (and sent them ¨¨¨¨.~/*§@
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ into orbit), we've built large as fuck ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
#@@§*/~.¨¨ antenna arrays ¨¨.~/*§@@#
##@@§*/~.¨ we've virtually built an antenna with a ¨.~/*§@@##
#@@§*/~.¨¨ dish as large as earth. ¨¨.~/*§@@#
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
@§*/~.¨¨¨¨ we've learned about our position in the ¨¨¨¨.~/*§@
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ solar system, our solar systems ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
#@@§*/~.¨¨ placement in the galaxy, and our ¨¨.~/*§@@#
##@@§*/~.¨ galaxys placement in the local cluster, ¨.~/*§@@##
#@@§*/~.¨¨ and ~our~ local clusters place in the ¨¨.~/*§@@#
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ grand scheme of things ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
@§*/~.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.~/*§@
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ and we're moving around the sun at ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
#@@§*/~.¨¨ velocity and the suns moving around the ¨¨.~/*§@@#
##@@§*/~.¨ center of the galaxy at velocity and ¨.~/*§@@##
#@@§*/~.¨¨ the galaxy is moving toward andromeda ¨¨.~/*§@@#
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ and we're both moving anticlockwise ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
@§*/~.¨¨¨¨ around the galaxy. and we as a species ¨¨¨¨.~/*§@
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ have learned to take all that in account ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
#@@§*/~.¨¨ ¨¨.~/*§@@#
##@@§*/~.¨ and despite all this, despite all our ¨.~/*§@@##
#@@§*/~.¨¨ (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar ¨¨.~/*§@@#
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ radio programmes out in fucking space ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
@§*/~.¨¨¨¨ at the speed of light (light is our ¨¨¨¨.~/*§@
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!), ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
#@@§*/~.¨¨ despite ghosts helping and the ¨¨.~/*§@@#
##@@§*/~.¨ collective consciousness lowpass ¨.~/*§@@##
#@@§*/~.¨¨ filtering, despite our very obvious ¨¨.~/*§@@#
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ beaming of all our secrets in every ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
@§*/~.¨¨¨¨ direction known to us, ¨¨¨¨.~/*§@
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
#@@§*/~.¨¨ no ¨ one ¨ has ¨ answered ¨¨.~/*§@@#
##@@§*/~.¨ ¨.~/*§@@##
#@@§*/~.¨¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨.~/*§@@#
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ ####¨~~ fermi's paradox ~~¨#### ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
@§*/~.¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨.~/*§@
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
#@@§*/~.¨¨ so why is that? ¨¨.~/*§@@#
##@@§*/~.¨ ¨.~/*§@@##
#@@§*/~.¨¨ most opponents to intelligent life in ¨¨.~/*§@@#
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ the universe say it's because you need ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
@§*/~.¨¨¨¨ a class one-or-the-other star and the ¨¨¨¨.~/*§@
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ planet needs to be at a see-and-so ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
#@@§*/~.¨¨ distance away from the star (like there ¨¨.~/*§@@#
##@@§*/~.¨ has to be a planet!) ¨.~/*§@@##
#@@§*/~.¨¨ ¨¨.~/*§@@#
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ but really isn't that keeping the ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
@§*/~.¨¨¨¨ definition of life really lax? ¨¨¨¨.~/*§@
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
#@@§*/~.¨¨ i think everyone agrees that we have no ¨¨.~/*§@@#
##@@§*/~.¨ idea what we're doing (and it probably ¨.~/*§@@##
#@@§*/~.¨¨ shows) ¨¨.~/*§@@#
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
@§*/~.¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨.~/*§@
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ ####¨~~ fermi's paradox ~~¨#### ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
#@@§*/~.¨¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨.~/*§@@#
##@@§*/~.¨ ¨.~/*§@@##
#@@§*/~.¨¨ i'm gonna go smoke my third cigarette ¨¨.~/*§@@#
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ this year and try to snatch some beers ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
@§*/~.¨¨¨¨ from the local beer thing ¨¨¨¨.~/*§@
@@§*/~.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.~/*§@@
#@@§*/~.¨¨ ¨¨.~/*§@@#
##@@§*/~.¨ ¨.~/*§@@##
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